Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin, another’s voice, another’s soul.
– Joyce Carol Oates
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Joyce Carol Oates is such a genius. Her word choice (especially the word helplessly here) is pure perfection.
Isn’t that what we hope for the eventual readers of the stories we’re creating?